#risk-assessment

#risk-assessment

Maria Voisin, the senior coroner for Avon, stated that senior management's failures at Alexandra House led to a gross breach of duty, allowing Jason Conroy to murder Melissa Mathieson. The care plans inadequately reflected the serious risks posed by Conroy, despite multiple warnings about his dangerous behaviors, including previous attempts to strangle individuals. The coroner emphasized the lack of understanding by senior managers regarding the threat Conroy represented, labeling their conduct as reckless.

The discrepancy between FEMA estimates and more updated models that consider rainfall and flash flooding illustrates significant differences in risk evaluations for flood-prone areas.

The pre-mortem method involves team members imagining a project failure and identifying reasons for that failure, usually surfacing unexpected and valuable issues.

The U.S. Department of State lists 21 countries on its 'Do Not Travel' list due to various safety concerns, indicating heightened risks for travelers.

Yifan Zhang and colleagues suggest that regions with higher geological complexity are more prone to landslides, providing insights for better landslide prediction and management.

People often misjudge probabilities leading to irrational fears, such as overestimating plane travel danger while underestimating biking risks, revealing flawed perception of real hazards.

Jade Leung, CTO at the UK AI Security Institute, emphasized that many AI companies are making substantial investments to evaluate risks, but more efforts are required.

"The Cal Fire maps are not what we use to look at our risk," said Janet Ruiz, Western U.S. representative for the Insurance Information Institute, a national insurance trade association.

"We don't use these maps to determine risk — our private data is more reliable and tailored to what we see on the ground." — Janet Ruiz, Insurance Information Institute representative.

Women's Aid emphasized the necessity for a comprehensive risk assessment by authorities prior to Denis Leahy's release, highlighting the importance of public safety considering his violent past.

Local housing markets fluctuate in and out of the lists of areas more or less exposed to declines from quarter to quarter, but some regions consistently rank among the most vulnerable due to significant gaps in key market indicators.

"Insurance companies are prime targets for fraud and identity-based attacks due to the vast stores of sensitive data they manage, making CIAM critical."

For asteroids larger than 30 metres (98.4 feet) in size, 2024 YR4 now holds the record for the highest impact probability reached, and the longest time spent with an impact probability greater than 1%.

NEIL deGRASSE-TYSON: "I just I've come to recognize that the human brain is not wired for thinking statistically or probabilistically about anything. And then I looked at the history of math. Do you realize the first time anyone took an average of numbers and figured out that that was a good idea was after calculus had been invented? So that tells me that it is not natural to think that way anyway. And there are entire industries that have risen up to exploit that fact. And they're call casinos! Because people say, Look! It's two!. No, it's not two. You don't understand probability and statistics."